Resident Evil 4 (Platinum) previews

This has to be the best game I have ever played!! Very fun and scary game! And it has what most game of this type dont have… lenght, this game takes a long time to play through, and has heaps of extras to play around with, thorughly recomended to all, that dont get scared too easily :D

If you've played all the others and followed the story line up to this point. You will find this one to be a lot more terrifying than the rest. It's the best on the PS2!

I'm currently in the middle of playing the game, and I am up to the part where you kill the second boss creature.

It's a very cinematic game, and cutscenes have been integrated into gameplay almost seamlessly, but the animation is noticeably better while the picture is slightly more blurry, but otherwise very well done.

My only problem with this game is with the way the character moves in response to player input. If you move left, he rotates left, and right he rotates right. If you push forward he moves fowards, and if you push back he steps backwards but does not turn around.

Perhaps this is because I was expecting totally freeform movement, but Resident Evil 4 sticks to the survival horror format, so people who have played a fair amount of survival horror will be able to appreciate this game for what it is.

One of the best games of the year.

Some of the music is irritating, like for example just continuous drum pounding, and the music cannot be turned off. Basically your sound options consist solo of selecting monoaural, stereo or Dolby Pro Logic II.

Graphically, the horror setting is fantastic. The art style is fantastic. Technically the game is far from perfect, I've seen inside and through my own characters head and I have occupied the same screen space as the ‘zombie’ I was protecting myself from.

Storyline pulls you in, you want to know more. The only thing I have noticed is that this game is more about suspenseful action than storytelling, that is to say the story is mainly told through what you see on-screen, and in cutscenes. Occasionally you make a cell-phone call to your base of operations, and sometimes you pick up notes left by the antagonists.

RE4 has incredible graphics for the PS2, great gameplay and a good evolution for the Resident Evil franchise. Expect all the scare and horror you embrace putting yourself in the shoes of Leon Kennedy!